Ok so now after all these time I give up . I now know what the problem is and I cant fix it so .... What happens is no matter what I've been working on this for a month if you have winantivirus you CANNOT keep it from interfering with Limewire it sucks . As many time I have uninstalled in stalled spent weeks trying to make it work I find out its not the Limewire. I tried to make adjustments to the winantivirus to give Limewire permission on applications and pop ups total disreguard to Limewire and it WILL not stop . It still keeps the Limewire from even loading GEEEEZ ! All I did was uninstall winantivirus and boom Limewire works like a Dream. So heck with it I spent a butt load on the antivirus combo / spyware with winantivirus made by microsoft .... go figure . I want my Limewire !!!!!!! Im willing to get a new antivirus and spyware program and thats my question what works well with Limewire ? I have XP Pro . ..And to anyone else if you have winantivirus Pro BE afaid very afraid . It bites . So give me some input please Thanks